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package org.apache.cxf.ws.security.wss4j.policyvalidators;

import org.w3c.dom.Element;

import org.apache.ws.security.saml.ext.AssertionWrapper;

/**
 * Validate a WS-SecurityPolicy Claims policy.
 */
public interface ClaimsPolicyValidator {
    
    /**
     * Validate a particular Claims policy against a received SAML Assertion. 
     * Return true if the policy is valid.
     */
    boolean validatePolicy(
        Element claimsPolicy,
        AssertionWrapper assertion
    );
    
    /**
     * Return the dialect that this ClaimsPolicyValidator can parse
     */
    String getDialect();
}
